Woodworking blog entries tagged with 'toy'

This build has an unbelievable amount of very small parts I could see building this at twice the plans size and this would really be a fun project..
Drilled all the holes for the boiler, all kinds of valves and hand rail holes to get just right.
Made a quick jig to hold the boiler while I set everything up and got er drilled.This made it quite easy to put all the markings in place to drill.
Then start putting it all together.

Nearly Finished!!
The body and back are glued to the chassis.
The radiator is glued in plus added stays.
No windscreen/windshield as I’m sure it wouldn’t last the little boys play tests.
The rear bumper bar is done, BUT I’m keep that surprize for until the final revival.
So all the needs doing is the seats glued in place, the wheels glued into the chassis plus a little detailing before 3-4 coats of satin polyurethane clear…..

I’ve been calling it a Mack but it looks a lot more like a Kenworth T880 Dump Truck to me so far.
Here’s some better pictures of how I did the front suspension.I will be adding a wood spacer on top of the spring to keep it in place.But once the wheels are in place there shouldn’t be much side ways movement.
Then screwed down the dump box frame and the cab.
Then I used some dowels to hold the wheel wells in place till I was sure it would all work out.Got ...

I think the chassis is done….
Worked out the front wheels positioning then the radiator position, adding a support to give a better glue surface area…
I made up a set of transverse springs for the front, shaped the rails plus added a bumper bar…..
I have also positioned the steering wheel, gear stick plus the three [3] pedals….
ALL EXCEPT the rear bumper bar and tail light but they’ll come later….